Importing lyrics from tabs

[captainoffun22]

OK, when I tryed the import vocals, I used a tab that had lyrics and the pitch for vocals, but when I export it as a midi or MusicXML in tuxGuitar, it keeps saying no lyrics detected, thanks.

[raynebc]

EOF has limited support for importing lyrics from Guitar Pro files. Here's an excerpt from EOF's manual (Menu functions>Note>Lyrics section):

Import GP style lyric text: Replaces the text of the vocal track's lyrics with text from a text file where lyric texts are defined in the style of Guitar Pro (ie. a space or new line ends a syllable as well as the current word, a hyphen at the start of text represents a pitch shift of the previous lyric, a hyphen after one or more letters represents the end of that lyric's text). This function can be used in combination with the FoF Lyric Converter to import pitched lyrics from a Guitar Pro file. The process is as follows:

1. Export the GP file to MIDI format.
2. Use FoF Lyric Converter to read the vocal pitches from a specific MIDI track and ignore the fact that there is no text. The exact commands are:

foflc.exe -in midi [input filename] -out midi [output filename] -nolyrics -intrack "[input MIDI track]"

Replace the items in brackets with the appropriate names. Remember that if any of those items contain spaces, you must enclose them within quotation marks. For the input MIDI track, it should be the exact same name as in the GP file.
3. Use EOF's MIDI import function, or Lyric import if you prefer, they should both have comparable results for a cleanly formatted MIDI file.
4. Adjust the sync of the imported pitches as necessary. You can enable vocal tones by pressing the V key, so you can hear EOF's piano play along with the vocal track when you play the chart in the editor.
5. In Guitar Pro, open File>Score Information, select the Lyrics tab, copy the lyric text for the desired track, paste it into a new file in a text editor like Notepad and save it someplace convenient like with your EOF project's files. Guitar Pro 6 (and future versions) may require you to access the lyrics from a different location, such as clicking on a microphone icon for the track.
6. In EOF, select at least one lyric in the vocal track, access the "Note>Lyrics>Import GP style lyric text" function, browse to the text file you created in step 5 and click OK.
7. If the lyric text was correct, each of the lyrics in the vocal track should have updated lyric text, otherwise you will need to manually edit the texts in EOF or in the text file and re-import it.
8. To make the lyrics more accurate, consider marking proper lyric lines by selecting a range of lyrics that should be in one line and use Note>Lyrics>Lyric Lines>Mark (CTRL+M), repeat for each appropriate line of lyrics. Also consider shortening lyric lengths so that one lyric doesn't run all the way up to the next. These steps aren't needed for Rocksmith customs, but they are for proper pitched lyrics for better use in some other rhythm games like Rock Band and Phase Shift. If the guitar pro formatted lyric text file used line breaks, those are automatically used by EOF to place lyric lines, so if you prefer, you can just format the lyrics before importing that file into EOF.